Federal court upholds punitive verdict with no compensatory damages
It has long been the law in Ohio that a jury cannot award punitive damages without also making a corresponding award of actual, compensatory...
6th Circuit limits scope of "regarded as" disability claims
By Jon Hyman
The Americans with Disabilities Act not only protects employees who have actual disabilities, but also those who have a record of a disabili...
What else I'm reading this week #12
By Jon Hyman
Last week I reported on Arbino v. Johnson & Johnson , in which the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Ohio's tort re...
"Maternal Profiling" listed as buzzword of 2007
By Jon Hyman
With the calender barely having turned to 2008, I'm still catching up reviewing year end lists for 2007. One list, the New York Time...
An argument for broader protection of confidential and proprietary information
By Jon Hyman
Nelson Jewellery Arts Co. v. Fein Design Co. , out of the 9th District Court of Appeals, involves two companies fighting over what we can on...